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[restless natives]

Jeff Pasquino

QB: Big Ben (6), Matt Schaub (10)

RB: LT2 (7), Brandon Jackson (7), Anthony Thomas (6), Brian Leonard (9)

WR: Lee Evans (6), Anquan Boldin (8), Calivin "CJ2" Johnson (6), Demetrius Williams (8), M Booker (9), Terrance Copper (4)

TE: Alge Crumpler (8), A Smith (10)

PK: D Akers (5), K Brown (10)

DST: Miami (9), Arizona (8)

Restless Natives

QB: C Palmer (5), D Culpepper (9)

RB: S Jax (9), C Taylor (5), M Bell (6), N Herron (7), D Walker(10)

WR: Andre Johnson (10), D Branch (8), Mark Clayton (8), K Curtis (5), D Jarrett (7)

TE: D Graham (6), G Olsen (9)

PK: R Gould (9), Janikowski (5)

DST: Washington (4), NYG (9)

Joffer

QB: McNabb(5), Lefty (4)

RB: LJ(8), Foster(7), Norwood(8), L Booker (9), J Harrison (7)

WR: Driver (7), Howsyourmamma (5), B. Edwards (7), Arnaz Battle (6), D Hester (9), Randle El (4)

TE: Desmond Clark (9), B Scaife(4)

PK: A Vinatieri (6),

DST: Dallas (8), Indy (6)

Domination

QB: Rivers (7), Cutler (6)

RB: Westy (5), J Lewis, (7) A Peterson(9), M Robinson (6), T Hunt (5)

WR: Harrison (6), Colston (4), Horn (8), S Rice (5), S Smith(9)

TE: Witten (8), Z Miller (5)

PK: Rackers(8), M Bryant (10)

DST: Chicago (9), Houston (10)

Frank Black

QB: Bulger (9), McNair (8)

RB: Gore (6), T. Jones (10), L. Washington (10), C Buckhalter (5)

WR: Walker (6), Galloway (10), Bruce (9), Key. Johnson, M Jenkins (8), E Moulds

TE: Watson (10), E. Johnson (6)

PK: Kaeding (7), J Reed (6)

DST: Cin (5), Cle (7)

Blue-Kun

QB: Brees (4), J Garcia (10)

RB: FWP (6), AD (5), Fred Taylor (4), Droughns (9)

WR: Roy Williams (6), Cotchery (10), Hackett (8), B. Jones (4), H Baskett (5), T Perry (5)

TE: O. Daniels (10), David Martin (9)

PK: Lindell (6), L Tynes (8)

DST: SD (7), Ten (4)

dpeease

QB: P Manning (6), J Russell (5), J Harrington (8)

RB: J Addai (6), W Dunn (8), L White (4), C Brown

WR: R Moss (10), C Chambers (9), M Muhammad (9), M Furrey (6), T Ginn Jr. (9), N Burleson (8)

TE: H Miller (6), Pope (8)

PK: Elam (6)

DST: NE (10), Seattle (8)

renesauz

QB: J Delhomme (7), T Jackson (5), D Huard (8)

RB: R Bush (4), C Williams (10), L Jordan (5), W Lundy (10)

WR: R Wayne (6), R Brown (5), D Stallworth (10), G Jennings (7), Eric Parker (7), D Givens (4)

TE: R McMichael (9), B Franks (7)

PK: Shayne Graham (5), P Dawson (7)

DST: Philly (5),

Captain Hook

QB: J Kitna (6), T Romo (8), B Quinn (7)

RB: S Alexander (8), R Brown (9), M Pittman (10), K Irons (5)

WR: D Jax (6), D Mason (8), J Porter (5), Reg Williams (4), D Carter (7), C Davis (7)

TE: K Winslow (7), C Baker (10)

PK: Wilkins (9)

DST: Minn (5), SF (6)

Hear-the-Footsteps

QB: Vince Young (4), Chad Pennington (10)

RB: Rudi Johnson(5), Marion Barber III (8), Chris Henry (4), M Bush (4)

WR: Terrell Owens (8), Vincent Jackson (7), Devery Henderson (4), Brandon Marshall (6), Bobby Wade (5)

P Price (6)

TE: Tony Gonzalez (8), Dallas Clark (6)

PK: Gostkowski (10), Nedney (6)

DST: Carolina (7), NYJ (10)

Duckboy

QB: B Favre (7), J Campbell (4)

RB: T Henry (6), E James (8), K Faulk (10), M Bennett (8)

WR: P Burress (9), T Glenn (8), M Jones (4), T Williamson (5), Bryant Johnson (8), Chris Henry (5)

TE: J Shockey (9), T Scheffler (6)

PK: J Brown (8), Kasay (7)

DST: Atlanta (8), STL (9)

AhrnCityPahnder

QB: Eli Manning (9) , J.P. Losman (6)

RB: Clinton Portis (4) , Ahman Green (10), Julius Jones (8)

WR: Torry Holt (9), Santonio Holmes (6), Bobby Engram (8), Rod Smith (6), Joe Jurevicius (7),

M Williams (4)

TE: Todd Heap (8), Marcedes Lewis (4)

PK: Scobee (4), Nugent (10), J Medlock (8)

DST: Ravens D/ST(8), Oakland (5)

OldMilwaukee

QB: T Brady (10), B Croyle (8)

RB: C Benson (9), M Lynch (6), Tatum Bell (6), V Morency (7)

WR: S Smith (7), B Berrian (9), R Curry (5), R Meachum (4), A Gonzalez (6), Kevin Walter (10)

TE: V Davis (6), Visanthe Shiancoe (5)

PK: Mare (4), M Gramatica (8)

DST: Jax (4), Buffalo (6)

bostonfred

QB: Vick (8), Grossman (9)

RB: Maroney (10), McGahee (8), Betts (4), Sammy Morris (10)

WR: Coles (10), Santana Moss (4), Wes Welker (10), Amani Toomer (9), Sinorice Moss (9), R Caldwell (10)

TE: LJ Smith (5), B Troupe (4)

PK: J Feely, R Longwell (5)

DST: KC (8), TB (10)

Fullback Fro

QB: Hasselbeck (8), Alex Smith (6)

RB: Duece McAllister (4), Brandon Jacobs (9), Michael Turner (7), Dominic Rhodes (5)

WR: Chad Johnson (5), Larry Fitzgerald (8), Michael Clayton (10), Ashley Lelie (6), B Lloyd (4), J Jones (10)

TE: Chris Cooley (4), Marcus Pollard (8)

PK: Stover (8), Bironas (4)

DST: Denver (6), GB (7)

NorrisB

QB: Matt Leinart (8), Trent Green (9)

RB: Maurice Jones-Drew (4), DeAngelo Williams (7), Kevin Jones (6), R Dayne (10)

WR: Hines Ward (6), Eddie Kennison (8), Drew Bennett (9), Dwayne Bowe (8), Antonio Bryant,

Nate Washington (6), Patrick Crayton (8)

TE: Antonio Gates (7)

PK: Hanson (6), S Suisham (4)

DST: Pittsburgh Steelers (6), NO(4)

 

[Frank Black]

There is already a thread on this or should we start a new one?

 

[restless natives]

I thought it might be easier for people to see team needs, strengths, and weaknesses easier.

 

[OldMilwaukee]

Thanks restless!

 

[Jeff Pasquino]

Thanks restless!

Saves me the trouble....

 

[Frank Black]

I agree that this thread is better. Among other things, it is more comprehensive.

 

[joffer]

i'll post my thread comparison and analysis a little later

 

[Frank Black]

I am screwed. K. Johnson is retiring.

Actually, this happened to me the year that J. Smith retired, when I drafted him as my #3 WR in SSL.

 

[Captain Hook]

My squad (with bye week correction)

QB: J Kitna (6), T Romo (8), B Quinn (7)

RB: S Alexander (8), R Brown (9), M Pittman (10), K Irons (5)

WR: D Jax (6), D Mason (8), J Porter (5), Reg Williams (4), D Carter (7), C Davis (7)

TE: K Winslow (7), C Baker (10)

PK: Wilkins (9)

DST: Minn (5), SF (6)

Pretty happy with the overall team - not glitzy, especially at QB and WR but with only eighteen man rosters everyone has to make some concessions and still find the best way to Survive - so again as others have pointed out (but perhaps several new readers may note) - the goal is not to have the highest scoring team every week - just to Avoid being the Lowest scoring team each week.

Perfectly happy with Kitna and Romo at QB, but in round 17 I had options for last two spots

and thought my options were

3rd QB - Quinn is the only one I would have rostered

2nd K - sometimes useful, but I for sure wanted a sixth WR and had to make this choice

The way I had drafted this team I could have actually played with the first five WR I had drafted as they all had different bye weeks, so I would always have at least the best three of four scores; three of five in weeks 4-8. However in round 18 I liked Charger rook Davis to be able to contribute at least for the second half of the year - assuming I can get that far.

My initial ratings for the team:

QB - B+

RB - A-

WR - B-

TE - A- (assuming KWII is healthy in which case he is Top 5 TE)

K - D+ (only one, but one of the best on a [usually] high scoring team)

DST - C+

As always, we will see what we will see

 

[Fullback Fro]

Fro's Mofos

Hasselbeck (8)

Alex Smith (6)

Duece McAllister (4)

Brandon Jacobs (9)

Michael Turner (7)

Dominic Rhodes (5)

Chad Johnson (5)

Larry Fitzgerald (8)

Michael Clayton (10)

Ashley Lelie (6)

Brandon Llyod (4)

Jacoby Jones (10)

Chris Cooley (6)

Marcus Pollard (8)

Denver D/ST (6)

GreenBay D/ST (7)

Matt Stover (8)

Rob Bironas (4)

Comments later

 

[Blue-Kun]

QB: Brees (4), J Garcia (10)

RB: FWP (6), AD (5), Fred Taylor (4), Droughns (9)

WR: Roy Williams (6), Cotchery (10), Hackett (8), B. Jones (4), H Baskett (5), T Perry (5)

TE: O. Daniels (10), David Martin (9)

PK: Lindell (6), Laurence Tynes (9)

DST: SD (7), Ten (4)

I'm content with this. My general strategy was just to keep alternating positions as players I coveted highly from the other drafts tended to fluctuate around a bit, I just wanted to stay away from the runs if possible.

My RB core is the strength of my team* starting with a guy I think breaks into the top 5 this year in FWP, AD will eventually overtake Chester Taylor and that's why I drafted him. Fred Taylor and Droughns were guys I picked up because I didn't think they should've still been there. Both will see a significant amount of carries and have pretty good reasons to not trust the QB for their teams.

Brees I'm going to be relying on completely w/ Garcia as bye week filler at worst and a guy that'll put up a few usable weeks at best.

*Roy is a stud and I think Cotchery will excel this year, at worst put up Coles numbers except I got to draft him a round later. I wasn't thrilled at grabbing Hackett, but it seems like I snagged him a round later than most people had to pay. Brandon Jones may end up the #1 in Tenn and Baskett / Perry have enough talent to make an impact if the opportunity arises.

My TE's suck-diddly-uck. Just grabbed two starters for their respective team. My general attitude towards TE this year is if I can't grab one of the top 6/7 it's not worth bothering using any sort of middle round pick on.

Def: Meh. SD is good, Tenn is bleh.

K: Kickers. Who needs em?

Since I've accepted I'm getting garbage numbers from my TE slot; unless one of these guys unleashes the monstrous talent they don't have, I need Cotchery or Hackett to excel and I need Brees to have a top 7 or so QB season.

 

[Domination]

QB: Brees (4), J Garcia (10)RB: FWP (6), AD (5), Fred Taylor (4), Droughns (9)WR: Roy Williams (6), Cotchery (10), Hackett (8), B. Jones (4), H Baskett (5), T Perry (5)TE: O. Daniels (10), David Martin (9)PK: Lindell (6), Laurence Tynes (9)DST: SD (7), Ten (4)I'm content with this. My general strategy was just to keep alternating positions as players I coveted highly from the other drafts tended to fluctuate around a bit, I just wanted to stay away from the runs if possible. My RB core is the strength of my team* starting with a guy I think breaks into the top 5 this year in FWP, AD will eventually overtake Chester Taylor and that's why I drafted him. Fred Taylor and Droughns were guys I picked up because I didn't think they should've still been there. Both will see a significant amount of carries and have pretty good reasons to not trust the QB for their teams.Brees I'm going to be relying on completely w/ Garcia as bye week filler at worst and a guy that'll put up a few usable weeks at best. *Roy is a stud and I think Cotchery will excel this year, at worst put up Coles numbers except I got to draft him a round later. I wasn't thrilled at grabbing Hackett, but it seems like I snagged him a round later than most people had to pay. Brandon Jones may end up the #1 in Tenn and Baskett / Perry have enough talent to make an impact if the opportunity arises.My TE's suck-diddly-uck. Just grabbed two starters for their respective team. My general attitude towards TE this year is if I can't grab one of the top 6/7 it's not worth bothering using any sort of middle round pick on. Def: Meh. SD is good, Tenn is bleh.K: Kickers. Who needs em? Since I've accepted I'm getting garbage numbers from my TE slot; unless one of these guys unleashes the monstrous talent they don't have, I need Cotchery or Hackett to excel and I need Brees to have a top 7 or so QB season.

If Garcia doesn't start, you ae probably done in week 4, besides that your overall team looks pretty strong.

 

[Frank Black]

Jeff Pasquino

QB: Big Ben (6), Matt Schaub (10)

I think Big Ben rebounds this year and Schaub becomes a reliable backup. Still, I see at least a few weeks where you only get mediocre performance out of these two. I don't see many blow up weeks out of these two. Grade: B

RB: LT2 (7), Brandon Jackson (7), Anthony Thomas (6), Brian Leonard (9)

With LT, you can get by with RBs in RBBC. I am not high on Jackson in this format because I think Morency and Herron will get considerable carries. I like the Thomas pick particularly in the beginning of the season, where rookie RBs often get off to a slow start. Forgive me, but I don't know much about Leonard. Your week 7 bye situation really hurts you with no starters at RB. Grade B (would be higher if not for week 7)

WR: Lee Evans (6), Anquan Boldin (8), Calivin "CJ2" Johnson (6), Demetrius Williams (8), M Booker (9), Terrance Copper (4)

I like this group. Great starting 2. CJ2 should be ok as a #3. Williams has spotty big play potential, which is good for these leagues. Booker is a big ? just like everyone not named R. Brown for Miami. Copper could be the odd man out this year with Meacham being drafted. Grade: A- by virtue of yout top 2.

TE: Alge Crumpler (8), A Smith (10)

Crumpler is a stud. Smith doesn't give you much IMO. Grade: A

PK: D Akers (5), K Brown (10)

Good group. I think Brown scores more this year with Schaub in town. Still, he seemed to miss enough kicks last year that makes me wonder if Houston may think about replacing him if he doesn't get his act together. Grade: A

DST: Miami (9), Arizona (8)

Def: No opinion here.

OVERALL: WR and TE are a major strength. QB doesn't hurt you but doesn't carry you. RBs I think depend on what happens with Jackson. I'm just don't feel right now that he outshines Morency and Herron enough to be a solid #2 RB, although that could change later in the season. IMO, this is not a bad team, but I don't see it going to the final few weeks of the season.

 

[Frank Black]

Restless Natives

QB: C Palmer (5), D Culpepper (9)

Palmer is a stud. Culpepper could be a good pick if he's healthy. I just don't feel comfortable enough about his health to know. You need Culpepper to be healthy and up to speed in the new offense early in the season and that's a big burden. Grade: A-, would be an A if had a more realiable backup.

RB: S Jax (9), C Taylor (5), M Bell (6), N Herron (7), D Walker(10)

Like LT, having S Jax does not require having a semi-stud #2 RB. Still, it would be nice to see a full time starter as your #2 RB. However, I think people are underrating Taylor this year. Rookies often get off to a slow start, and Taylor's pass catching abilities give him value. Plus, this is Taylor's second year in the offense. Henry was healthy last year, but people forget how dinged up he often is, so Bell may have value for you. Herron will get carries. Don't know much about Walker, but I know enough to believe that this pick may have been better spent on a 6th WR. Grade: B+ by virtue of S Jax and Taylor's underrated PPR value.

WR: Andre Johnson (10), D Branch (8), Mark Clayton (8), K Curtis (5), D Jarrett (7)

This is a solid top 4. However, Branch may be the weak link for the postion you drafted him for. He will have some big games for you. However, as a Branch owner for years in H2H leagues, I remember that he seemed to have trouble escaping double teams. Now, with Djax gone, I think Branch may be double teamed enough to be shut down in a few games. That's ok when your #3 and #4 WRs are good enough IMO to put up #2 and #3 WR numbers in at least a few weeks. As a Panther homer, I like Jarrett 2 seasons from now but not much this year. I think you need some luck with these WRs balancing out to get overall consistency at the WR position. A 6th WR would have been good instead of drafting Walker at RB. Week 8 hurts you at bye, but hopefully Jarrett will be phased into the offense effectively by that time. Overall grade: B+

TE: D Graham (6), G Olsen (9)

A starting TE in Denver could be great if Graham is that person. I think Olsen will develop slowly into the system and will not produce the same numbers that Clark did last year. Speaking of Clark, isn't he still there? Grade: B, would be higher if knew how the Denver TE position will shake out.

PK: R Gould (9), Janikowski (5)

Gould is a stud. Seabass is who is is. Grade: A

DST: Washington (4), NYG (9)

No grade here.

OVERALL: I think this team could go deep because it has great potential at the major scoring positions. The biggest weakness seems to be at #2 RB, but it shouldn't be a killer. Week 8 hurts at WR but the rest of your team is at full strength in week 8. Nice job!

 

[Frank Black]

Domination

QB: Rivers (7), Cutler (6)

This should be a solid pair. Not scary to other owners but doesn't hurt you either. Rivers will get a lot of yards and some TDs from LT among others. Grade: B+

RB: Westy (5), J Lewis, (7) A Peterson(9), M Robinson (6), T Hunt (5)

This could be one of the strongest RB groups in the league if your Peterson is on the Vikings, not the Bears. if Peterson is on the Bears, he may still get enough carries to be worthwhile. I don't expect the world out of Lewis but I do believe he should make a reliable #2. Actually, of the two teams I have reviewed so far with super stud RBs, think that Lewis is the best #2 so far. Robinson is a player I wish I had a shot that because I own Gore, who has an injury history. Instead of drafting Hunt, however, I would have drafted a 6th WR. Domination only drafted five WRs, but IMO his top 4 WRs have more firepower than your top 4 WRs. Grade: A if Peterson is on Vikes, B+ if Peterson is on Bears.

WR: Harrison (6), Colston (4), Horn (8), S Rice (5), S Smith(9)

I love your top 2. After that, I see trouble. Horn is on the decline both and skills and health. I don't expect much out of your other 2. With these problems out of your 3-5, a 6th WR would have helped here. Grade: B, by virtue of having a great top 2.

TE: Witten (8), Z Miller (5)

Witten should be solid, but a new coaching regime always raises questions. Having a rookie TE in Miller with a rookie QB may not give you much. Grade: B+ by virtue of having a potential stud in Witten.

PK: Rackers(8), M Bryant (10)

Rackers better stop missing kicks or he could be out of a job.

DST: Chicago (9), Houston (10)

Grade: A

OVERALL: I'm not sure what to think about this team. I see a lot of potential at QB and RB, but the #3 WR postion hurts this team IMO. Witten has been up and down the last couple of years. This team could go deep, but it could also die in the middle of the pack.

 

[Frank Black]

Joffer

QB: McNabb(5), Lefty (4)

This pair has so much potential, but could leave you with zeros in some weeks because you drafted 2 injury prone QBs who seem to miss a few to several weeks at a time almost each season. Because you drafted McNabb, perhaps you should have drafted a less injury-prone #2. If they stay healthy, I grade it at an A-/A. Because I see a health risk, I give it a B+

RB: LJ(8), Foster(7), Norwood(8), L Booker (9), J Harrison (7)

Super stud in LJ. Foster will have some good weeks here and there. Same for Norwood. Booker and Harrison leave a lot to be desired, but could get some productive spot duty here and there. It looks like after LJ, you drafted with the hopes of having one of the backups ultimately pan out from week to week. This is risky. However, when you have a superstar at #1, you can afford to take some risk. Grade: B+

WR: Driver (7), Howsyourmamma (5), B. Edwards (7), Arnaz Battle (6), D Hester (9), Randle El (4)

So far, this appears to be the top WR trio of the teams I have reviewed and so far, even though week 7 hurts. Let's hope that Hester becomes more than a cursory WR experiment. I don't know exactly what to think about Battle and Randle El, but I do know that A. Smith and Campbell should continue to improve. Grade: A but virtue of great top 3.

TE: Desmond Clark (9), B Scaife(4)

IMO, the risk to reward ratio is not very good here. Clark is spotty and will probably be gradually phased out. Scaife will have to compete with Troupe. Grade: B-

PK: A Vinatieri (6),

Grade: B+, would be higher if had #2 K.

DST: Dallas (8), Indy (6)

No opinion.

OVERALL: This team could go deep. There is stud potential at QB and WR. RBs have question marks, what it things shape up the right way, you should be ok here in many weeks. I think TE hurts you, and partially because of that, I think you should have drafted a 2nd K in case Vinatieri has some bad weeks.

 

[Frank Black]

Frank Black

QB: Bulger (9), McNair (8)

I see Bulger as a top 5 this year, especially with a couple of new weapons in Bennett and McMichael. McNair is in his second year in Balt and has a better RB to work with. McNair blows up from time to time, and that's what I need. Grade: A- by virtue of having Bulger and a relatively reliable #2.

RB: Gore (6), T. Jones (10), L. Washington (10), C Buckhalter (5)

If you believe in Gore, he is a RB who can help carry a team. I see Jones in top 12 or just outside of that on a PPG average. I drafted Washington as more than a backup because I believe there will be weeks where he gives me considerable points. As for Buckhalter, does anyone believe that Westbrook will stay healthy 2 years in a row? It amazes me that the Westbrook owners never seen to draft Buckhalter in these leagues, even though Buckhalter is not as expensive as backups like Turner or Droughns. Grade: B+

WR: Walker (6), Galloway (10), Bruce (9), Key. Johnson, M Jenkins (8), E Moulds (?)

I was not high on this group even before Johnston retired. Walker could be a stud or a dud. All depends on Cutler. Still, I had to take the risk. Galloway had 62/1057/7 with a terrible QB situation last year. While I do not expect him to get the numbers that the two years ago, to expect enough increase to make him a good #2, especially with solid improvement at QB. I am happy with Bruce as a #3. Keyshawn could have added a lot of stability to this group. Jenkins is a flier, and so is Moulds, who may not even play. Once Johnson retired, I thought I would take a risk on a vet WR who could land in a decent situation rather than the caliber of unknown WRs who were left on the board. Johnson't retirement really hurt. Could end up with only 4 starting WRs, but didn't care when I drafted Moulds. Grade: C/C-

TE: Watson (10), E. Johnson (6)

I am happy with this group. Both TEs are on offenses with good QBs and good WRs to stretch the field. Both TEs have shown good receiving ability in the past. Neither will be consistent but at least I have strong scoring potential here. Grade: B+

PK: Kaeding (7), J Reed (6)

Stud kicker in Kaeding and Reed's scoring opps should increase this year.

DST: Cin (5), Cle (7)



OVERALL: I don't see this team as an early exit, but I don't think it will go deep either. Had Johnson not retired, I think this team could have gone deep because of strengths at QB, RB, and TE in certain weeks.

Will take a break and review other teams l8r.

 

[Frank Black]

Blue-Kun

QB: Brees (4), J Garcia (10)

Brees is a stud but there is a strong possibility that you only have one starting QB here. Because of that, Grade: B

RB: FWP (6), AD (5), Fred Taylor (4), Droughns (9)

I think this is a strong group where all 4 will see the field and produce. Taylor and Droughns together should get you enough to offset at possible slow start by Peterson (you have the Vikings Peterson which means I'll have to revise my post of Domination's team). Too many people are writing off Taylor this year, which I think is a mistake. Grade: A-

WR: Roy Williams (6), Cotchery (10), Hackett (8), B. Jones (4), H Baskett (5), T Perry (5)

I like this group. Cotchery will score like a #1 in some weeks. Hackett has promise but I'm still not certain what to expect. Baskett may have a few big weeks, although he needs to learn to catch the ball. Jones has a lot of potential, but he needs to stay off the injury list. Perry makes sense as a late pick with Henry out. Still, I doubt that he will have Henry-like production. Still, overall this group has good potential. On the other hand, this group could use a little more firepower. Grade: B/B+

TE: O. Daniels (10), David Martin (9)

I like Daniels this year with Schaub in town, especially without a proven #2 WR in Hou. Still, Daniels may be spotty. I don't have a lot of confidence in Martin. Grade: B

PK: Lindell (6), L Tynes (8)

Lindell looks good, but Tynes may end up losing the starting job. Grade: B

DST: SD (7), Ten (4)

No opinion

OVERALL: This is not a bad team but the weakness at #2 QB and the absence of a little more firepower at WR makes me think that this team will not go deep. A more reliable TE may have changed by analysis.

 

[Frank Black]

dpeease

QB: P Manning (6), J Russell (5), J Harrington (8)

This group gets an A because of Manning, but unless you strongly feel that Vick will be out, I don't understand that Harrington pick.

RB: J Addai (6), W Dunn (8), L White (4), C Brown

Strong #1, and a pretty good platoon at #2. Brown is a wild card. I just don't see him as being half the player he used to be, though. Grade: B+

WR: R Moss (10), C Chambers (9), M Muhammad (9), M Furrey (6), T Ginn Jr. (9), N Burleson (8)

I thought about drafting Chambers but he scares me. He has shown the potential to underachieve and to post stud numbers. Miami has so many ?? and you have invested a lot in Miami at your WR position. On the other hand, I like the idea sometimes of locking up the passing game for a team, assuming Booker is cut or traded. Moose has good games but too many bad games where he will be a real liability for you. Don't know what to think about Furrey with CJ2 there now. Burleson is also an underachiever. Grade: B

TE: H Miller (6), Pope (8)

Miller will disappoint many owners this year. An AZ TE in a new coaching regime raises ?? Grade: C

PK: Elam (6)

As good a K as any to go solo.

DST: NE (10), Seattle (8)

No opinion.

OVERALL: The reason to draft Manning is to have the sure thing and to only draft 1 backup QB worst case scenario. The Harrington pick really puzzles me, even if Vick were going to be out for a while. The Harrington pick could have been used for a #2 K or to diversify your WRs in the event that the Dolphins passing game flops. If you had a stronger TE situation, I could see this team potentially going deep. Because of the TE situation and the possibility of getting screwed at K on a bad Elam week, I don't see this team going deep.

 

[Frank Black]

Before I do my next review, I will say that I do not claim to be an expert at this. However, I think that the SSL experience is a lot more fun and rewarding when we give critiques on each other's teams. I hope that others do the same.

 

[Frank Black]

renesauz

This is probably my favorite team I have reviewed so far.

QB: J Delhomme (7), T Jackson (5), D Huard (8)

I am usually not a strong advocate of drafting 3 QBs, but I think that it works in this situation. I believe these three give you balance and constant good production at this position. I am higher on Jake than many this year. Grade: B+

RB: R Bush (4), C Williams (10), L Jordan (5), W Lundy (10)

This position all hinges on Cadillac. You do not want to have to rely on Jordan is your number two, although he makes a great number three. If Cadillac rebounds, I think you have one of the best RB trios in the league. Lundy is a mystery, though. I don't expect much out of him at all. Grade: A-

WR: R Wayne (6), R Brown (5), D Stallworth (10), G Jennings (7), Eric Parker (7), D Givens (4)

I see this is one of the top WR trios in the league, even though Stallworth will likley miss some games. I feel this way because Jennings should be more than adequate as a good #3 WR replacement. I still cringe when I think about how Parker tried to get up during the kickoff/punt return after fumbling the ball in the playoff game against the Patriots. Will Givens suit up much this season, if at all? Still, your top 4 are strong. Grade: A-

TE: R McMichael (9), B Franks (7)

I like McMichael, and hopefully the post-Martz era will breathe new life into STL TEs. But I haven't seen evidence of this. I think you can stick a fork into Franks, though. On the other hand, if you believe that with the loss of Green, GB will throw to Franks in the end zone again, I understand this pick. But isn't Martin surpassing Franks? Grade: B-

PK: Shayne Graham (5), P Dawson (7)

No opinion

DST: Philly (5),

Good defense with early bye justifies solo act. This freed you up to draft a 3rd QB, which I think was necessary with your two starting QBs.

OVERALL: I believe this team has the potential to go deep. Particularly if STL starts throwing to the TE more.

 

[Fullback Bro]

Why does MillenniuM Presents: Frank Black not like Fro's team?

 

[Frank Black]

Why does MillenniuM Presents: Frank Black not like Fro's team?

Fullback FroQB: Hasselbeck (8), Alex Smith (6)Not sure what to expect with Djax gone, but I have faith in Hasselbeck. Smith continues to get better each year and now he has Djax. There is an interesting symmetry with your QB selections. Grade: B+/A-RB: Duece McAllister (4), Brandon Jacobs (9), Michael Turner (7), Dominic Rhodes (5)I like Deuce, but I have my doubts that he can floruish like he did last year. This is largely because I can't think of many situations where both RBs in a RBBC have produced highly in consecutive years. I think that a year of success for both RBs in a RBBC is usually followed by a very subpar year for 1 of the 2 RBs in a RBBC. I don't have solid stats to back this up but it's a strong hunch that I have. I think this would make an interesting topic on the Shark Pool. If what I say pans out, your RBs may not have a single RB who can produce #1 RB numbers. Maybe this would be ok if your #3 RB was like Rhodes, who I think can be a solid contributor. But Turner is too difficult to count on in these formats. I drafted Turner in PDSL as a gamble (TN has now burned me twice in these SSLs) and I don't expect much out him. I wouldn't be surprised if the small handful of times that Turner gets enough playing time to blow up is when Deuce and Jacobs also blow up. Rhodes may see significant time, but I don't expect much out of the Raiders offense. Grade: B-WR: Chad Johnson (5), Larry Fitzgerald (8), Michael Clayton (10), Ashley Lelie (6), B Lloyd (4), J Jones (10)I like this group. Your top 2 are obvious studs. If Clayton could get it together, you could have a great trio. Clayton though could be nothing more than a teaser who had a good rookie season and that's all. The rest though are a crapshoot. Lloyd in particular is an interesting gamble because the guy has talent. I think he's a good late round pick. Grade: B+TE: Chris Cooley (4), Marcus Pollard (8)I like Cooley especially with Campbell in his 2nd year, but don't know about Pollard. Grade: A-, by virtue of Cooley.PK: Stover (8), Bironas (4)2 good kickers. DST: Denver (6), GB (7)No opinionOVERALL: IMO, the weakness of the RBs bring this group down. With a weaker RB group, I think you need at least 2 other parts of your team to put up stud numbers. You may have this at WR, but I don't know that you can consistently get stud numbers out of your QBs and TEs. Because of this inconsistency, I see a bad week that prevents this team from going deep. However, if Jacobs turns out to be a real force, my analysis changes.

 

[Fullback Fro]

Why does MillenniuM Presents: Frank Black not like Fro's team?

Fullback FroQB: Hasselbeck (8), Alex Smith (6)Not sure what to expect with Djax gone, but I have faith in Hasselbeck. Smith continues to get better each year and now he has Djax. There is an interesting symmetry with your QB selections. Grade: B+/A-RB: Duece McAllister (4), Brandon Jacobs (9), Michael Turner (7), Dominic Rhodes (5)I like Deuce, but I have my doubts that he can floruish like he did last year. This is largely because I can't think of many situations where both RBs in a RBBC have produced highly in consecutive years. I think that a year of success for both RBs in a RBBC is usually followed by a very subpar year for 1 of the 2 RBs in a RBBC. I don't have solid stats to back this up but it's a strong hunch that I have. I think this would make an interesting topic on the Shark Pool. If what I say pans out, your RBs may not have a single RB who can produce #1 RB numbers. Maybe this would be ok if your #3 RB was like Rhodes, who I think can be a solid contributor. But Turner is too difficult to count on in these formats. I drafted Turner in PDSL as a gamble (TN has now burned me twice in these SSLs) and I don't expect much out him. I wouldn't be surprised if the small handful of times that Turner gets enough playing time to blow up is when Deuce and Jacobs also blow up. Rhodes may see significant time, but I don't expect much out of the Raiders offense. Grade: B-WR: Chad Johnson (5), Larry Fitzgerald (8), Michael Clayton (10), Ashley Lelie (6), B Lloyd (4), J Jones (10)I like this group. Your top 2 are obvious studs. If Clayton could get it together, you could have a great trio. Clayton though could be nothing more than a teaser who had a good rookie season and that's all. The rest though are a crapshoot. Lloyd in particular is an interesting gamble because the guy has talent. I think he's a good late round pick. Grade: B+TE: Chris Cooley (4), Marcus Pollard (8)I like Cooley especially with Campbell in his 2nd year, but don't know about Pollard. Grade: A-, by virtue of Cooley.PK: Stover (8), Bironas (4)2 good kickers. DST: Denver (6), GB (7)No opinionOVERALL: IMO, the weakness of the RBs bring this group down. With a weaker RB group, I think you need at least 2 other parts of your team to put up stud numbers. You may have this at WR, but I don't know that you can consistently get stud numbers out of your QBs and TEs. Because of this inconsistency, I see a bad week that prevents this team from going deep. However, if Jacobs turns out to be a real force, my analysis changes.

I agree with your nalysius for the most part. I definetly was experimenting with going WR WR in rounds 1 and 2. Overall I am happy with how things turned out at RB. I think with the 4 guys that I have 2 will put up passible numbers per week and my WR production will complete the need for points out of those positions. The rest of the team has no holes or bye week issues. But alot depends on Jacobs, and Rhodes. I think Rhodes has a good chance to start. Some early reports have indicated so and they did give him a big contract to come there. thanks for looking

 

[dpeease]

dpeeaseQB: P Manning (6), J Russell (5), J Harrington (8)This group gets an A because of Manning, but unless you strongly feel that Vick will be out, I don't understand that Harrington pick.RB: J Addai (6), W Dunn (8), L White (4), C Brown Strong #1, and a pretty good platoon at #2. Brown is a wild card. I just don't see him as being half the player he used to be, though. Grade: B+WR: R Moss (10), C Chambers (9), M Muhammad (9), M Furrey (6), T Ginn Jr. (9), N Burleson (8)I thought about drafting Chambers but he scares me. He has shown the potential to underachieve and to post stud numbers. Miami has so many ?? and you have invested a lot in Miami at your WR position. On the other hand, I like the idea sometimes of locking up the passing game for a team, assuming Booker is cut or traded. Moose has good games but too many bad games where he will be a real liability for you. Don't know what to think about Furrey with CJ2 there now. Burleson is also an underachiever. Grade: B TE: H Miller (6), Pope (8)Miller will disappoint many owners this year. An AZ TE in a new coaching regime raises ?? Grade: CPK: Elam (6)As good a K as any to go solo. DST: NE (10), Seattle (8)No opinion.OVERALL: The reason to draft Manning is to have the sure thing and to only draft 1 backup QB worst case scenario. The Harrington pick really puzzles me, even if Vick were going to be out for a while. The Harrington pick could have been used for a #2 K or to diversify your WRs in the event that the Dolphins passing game flops. If you had a stronger TE situation, I could see this team potentially going deep. Because of the TE situation and the possibility of getting screwed at K on a bad Elam week, I don't see this team going deep.

Good Ole Joey just may keep me alive tonight with Manning on bye.

 

[Fiddles]

dpeeaseQB: P Manning (6), J Russell (5), J Harrington (8)This group gets an A because of Manning, but unless you strongly feel that Vick will be out, I don't understand that Harrington pick.RB: J Addai (6), W Dunn (8), L White (4), C Brown Strong #1, and a pretty good platoon at #2. Brown is a wild card. I just don't see him as being half the player he used to be, though. Grade: B+WR: R Moss (10), C Chambers (9), M Muhammad (9), M Furrey (6), T Ginn Jr. (9), N Burleson (8)I thought about drafting Chambers but he scares me. He has shown the potential to underachieve and to post stud numbers. Miami has so many ?? and you have invested a lot in Miami at your WR position. On the other hand, I like the idea sometimes of locking up the passing game for a team, assuming Booker is cut or traded. Moose has good games but too many bad games where he will be a real liability for you. Don't know what to think about Furrey with CJ2 there now. Burleson is also an underachiever. Grade: B TE: H Miller (6), Pope (8)Miller will disappoint many owners this year. An AZ TE in a new coaching regime raises ?? Grade: CPK: Elam (6)As good a K as any to go solo. DST: NE (10), Seattle (8)No opinion.OVERALL: The reason to draft Manning is to have the sure thing and to only draft 1 backup QB worst case scenario. The Harrington pick really puzzles me, even if Vick were going to be out for a while. The Harrington pick could have been used for a #2 K or to diversify your WRs in the event that the Dolphins passing game flops. If you had a stronger TE situation, I could see this team potentially going deep. Because of the TE situation and the possibility of getting screwed at K on a bad Elam week, I don't see this team going deep.

Good Ole Joey just may keep me alive tonight with Manning on bye.

without looking at the site, i dont see how you stay alive this week at allno kicker, miller on bye, addai on bye, manning on byesomeone else must have had a truly awful week to have a lower score than this crewedit: now that I checked the site I see the person with the lower score is frankblack who criticised your harrington pick above

 

[BassNBrew]

dpeeaseQB: P Manning (6), J Russell (5), J Harrington (8)This group gets an A because of Manning, but unless you strongly feel that Vick will be out, I don't understand that Harrington pick.RB: J Addai (6), W Dunn (8), L White (4), C Brown Strong #1, and a pretty good platoon at #2. Brown is a wild card. I just don't see him as being half the player he used to be, though. Grade: B+WR: R Moss (10), C Chambers (9), M Muhammad (9), M Furrey (6), T Ginn Jr. (9), N Burleson (8)I thought about drafting Chambers but he scares me. He has shown the potential to underachieve and to post stud numbers. Miami has so many ?? and you have invested a lot in Miami at your WR position. On the other hand, I like the idea sometimes of locking up the passing game for a team, assuming Booker is cut or traded. Moose has good games but too many bad games where he will be a real liability for you. Don't know what to think about Furrey with CJ2 there now. Burleson is also an underachiever. Grade: B TE: H Miller (6), Pope (8)Miller will disappoint many owners this year. An AZ TE in a new coaching regime raises ?? Grade: CPK: Elam (6)As good a K as any to go solo. DST: NE (10), Seattle (8)No opinion.OVERALL: The reason to draft Manning is to have the sure thing and to only draft 1 backup QB worst case scenario. The Harrington pick really puzzles me, even if Vick were going to be out for a while. The Harrington pick could have been used for a #2 K or to diversify your WRs in the event that the Dolphins passing game flops. If you had a stronger TE situation, I could see this team potentially going deep. Because of the TE situation and the possibility of getting screwed at K on a bad Elam week, I don't see this team going deep.

Good Ole Joey just may keep me alive tonight with Manning on bye.

without looking at the site, i dont see how you stay alive this week at allno kicker, miller on bye, addai on bye, manning on byesomeone else must have had a truly awful week to have a lower score than this crewedit: now that I checked the site I see the person with the lower score is frankblack who criticised your harrington pick above

Now that's karma bitting you in the ####.

 

[Frank Black]

dpeeaseQB: P Manning (6), J Russell (5), J Harrington (8)This group gets an A because of Manning, but unless you strongly feel that Vick will be out, I don't understand that Harrington pick.RB: J Addai (6), W Dunn (8), L White (4), C Brown Strong #1, and a pretty good platoon at #2. Brown is a wild card. I just don't see him as being half the player he used to be, though. Grade: B+WR: R Moss (10), C Chambers (9), M Muhammad (9), M Furrey (6), T Ginn Jr. (9), N Burleson (8)I thought about drafting Chambers but he scares me. He has shown the potential to underachieve and to post stud numbers. Miami has so many ?? and you have invested a lot in Miami at your WR position. On the other hand, I like the idea sometimes of locking up the passing game for a team, assuming Booker is cut or traded. Moose has good games but too many bad games where he will be a real liability for you. Don't know what to think about Furrey with CJ2 there now. Burleson is also an underachiever. Grade: B TE: H Miller (6), Pope (8)Miller will disappoint many owners this year. An AZ TE in a new coaching regime raises ?? Grade: CPK: Elam (6)As good a K as any to go solo. DST: NE (10), Seattle (8)No opinion.OVERALL: The reason to draft Manning is to have the sure thing and to only draft 1 backup QB worst case scenario. The Harrington pick really puzzles me, even if Vick were going to be out for a while. The Harrington pick could have been used for a #2 K or to diversify your WRs in the event that the Dolphins passing game flops. If you had a stronger TE situation, I could see this team potentially going deep. Because of the TE situation and the possibility of getting screwed at K on a bad Elam week, I don't see this team going deep.

Good Ole Joey just may keep me alive tonight with Manning on bye.

without looking at the site, i dont see how you stay alive this week at allno kicker, miller on bye, addai on bye, manning on byesomeone else must have had a truly awful week to have a lower score than this crewedit: now that I checked the site I see the person with the lower score is frankblack who criticised your harrington pick above

Now that's karma bitting you in the ####.

True, although I drafted Harrington myself in a different SSL where I drafted Vick. Actually, I still stand by my original comments. Part of drafting Manning is to have some luxury in who your #2 QB is. Vick and Harrington don't fit the bill.

 

[Blue-Kun]

Brees I'm going to be relying on completely w/ Garcia as bye week filler at worst and a guy that'll put up a few usable weeks at best.

Yeah Garcia was a bye week filler only. Been the highest scoring QB on my team until this week. Who'd of thought?

My TE's suck-diddly-uck. Just grabbed two starters for their respective team. My general attitude towards TE this year is if I can't grab one of the top 6/7 it's not worth bothering using any sort of middle round pick on.

Bri ended up right about this. Turns out Owen Daniels was a solid sleeper TE and I have one of the few skill positions on Miami that actually scores points. It's amusing to see how off some of us were on certain draft picks, even the ones purely on our own teams.

 

[dpeease]

dpeeaseQB: P Manning (6), J Russell (5), J Harrington (8)This group gets an A because of Manning, but unless you strongly feel that Vick will be out, I don't understand that Harrington pick.RB: J Addai (6), W Dunn (8), L White (4), C Brown Strong #1, and a pretty good platoon at #2. Brown is a wild card. I just don't see him as being half the player he used to be, though. Grade: B+WR: R Moss (10), C Chambers (9), M Muhammad (9), M Furrey (6), T Ginn Jr. (9), N Burleson (8)I thought about drafting Chambers but he scares me. He has shown the potential to underachieve and to post stud numbers. Miami has so many ?? and you have invested a lot in Miami at your WR position. On the other hand, I like the idea sometimes of locking up the passing game for a team, assuming Booker is cut or traded. Moose has good games but too many bad games where he will be a real liability for you. Don't know what to think about Furrey with CJ2 there now. Burleson is also an underachiever. Grade: B TE: H Miller (6), Pope (8)Miller will disappoint many owners this year. An AZ TE in a new coaching regime raises ?? Grade: CPK: Elam (6)As good a K as any to go solo. DST: NE (10), Seattle (8)No opinion.OVERALL: The reason to draft Manning is to have the sure thing and to only draft 1 backup QB worst case scenario. The Harrington pick really puzzles me, even if Vick were going to be out for a while. The Harrington pick could have been used for a #2 K or to diversify your WRs in the event that the Dolphins passing game flops. If you had a stronger TE situation, I could see this team potentially going deep. Because of the TE situation and the possibility of getting screwed at K on a bad Elam week, I don't see this team going deep.

Good Ole Joey just may keep me alive tonight with Manning on bye.

without looking at the site, i dont see how you stay alive this week at allno kicker, miller on bye, addai on bye, manning on byesomeone else must have had a truly awful week to have a lower score than this crewedit: now that I checked the site I see the person with the lower score is frankblack who criticised your harrington pick above

Now that's karma bitting you in the ####.

True, although I drafted Harrington myself in a different SSL where I drafted Vick. Actually, I still stand by my original comments. Part of drafting Manning is to have some luxury in who your #2 QB is. Vick and Harrington don't fit the bill.